Tag Archive for ‘Water’
How Much Fluoride Is In Bottled Water
Did you know that bottled water is about 500 times more expensive than tap water? Despite this fact, many Americans (myself included) buy billions of bottles of water every year. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city to add fluoride to the public water supplies. Fluoride makes teeth more resistant to cavities, but with [...]
Where I Stand on Water Fluoridation
This is the final post dealing with water fluoridation in my week-long series discussing both sides of the water fluoridation debate. Hopefully you enjoyed the articles this week. If not, don’t worry! I’ll be back into my regular oral health writing routine next week. If you missed the two previous articles, each of them explored [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Water Fluoridation
Ever since communities started fluoridating their water, there have been people that are adamantly opposed to water fluoridation. As you can see in the 1950′s era flyer to the right, some people even alleged that water fluoridation was some kind of communist plot to overthrow the American government. Some of the arguments of anti-fluoridationists are [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Support Water Fluoridation
“You’re either with us, or against us” has been a popular quotation throughout history. I think that phrase describes the water fluoridation debate fairly well. There are many people against fluoride being added to their water, and many people that support the addition of fluoride to the public water supplies. I’ve felt caught in the [...]
Water Fluoridation Week on Oral Answers
66 years ago this week, Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city to add fluoride to its public water supplies. Since then, a great debate has ensued regarding whether or not public water supplies should be artificially fluoridated. In 1962, the United States government recommended that water be fluoridated with 0.7 to 1.2 PPM [...]
Why Is The Water Fluoridation Debate So One-Sided?
I read an opinion piece about water fluoridation this past Wednesday written by Katherine Kelly. Katherine was one of the people who sponsored Measure A on Crescent City, California’s ballot, which would put a stop to water fluoridation in Crescent City. In her editorial she brings up two scientific sources, one from the American Dental [...]
Are Your Pots and Pans Altering Fluoride Levels In Your Cooked Meals?
Did you know that you could be tripling the level of fluoride in your water just by cooking in a Teflon-coated pot or pan? Similarly, you can also cut the amount of fluoride in your water by boiling it in an aluminum pot for just 15 minutes. You may think that you never boil water. [...]
Alkaline Water: Is It Good For Your Teeth?
Have you heard of alkaline water? If not, you might soon hear about it from a multi-level-marketer near you. Earlier this week, I talked with an alkaline water marketer for five or ten minutes about it. He talked about all of the benefits of alkaline water and even called it “nature’s water” or something similar [...]
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